Nudging: Can We Use Behavioral Economics to Drive Better Security?

People are very often the weak link in the cybersecurity chain. Behavioral economics (BE) can help us understand how to help people to make better decisions. BE has been used to help improve investing and health outcomes. Can it work for cyber? How is your organization using BE? What has worked and what hasn’t? Share your ideas, success stories and questions about how to apply BE to cyber.

Learning Objectives:1: Understand the general principals of behavioral economics.2: Discuss examples of using BE to guide users to safer cyber-behavior.3: Develop ideas for additional applications of BE to cyber.